Automobile attachment.



J. L. SPROUSE.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17. 1915,

1,267,136. Patented May 21, 1-918.

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J. L. SPROUSE.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1915.

1,267,]. 36. Patented May 21,1918.

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UNTTED STATE PATENT @FETQE.

JAMES L. SPBOUSE, OF COMANGHE, OKLAHOMA, .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 NANNIEL. HUNDLEY, OF COMANCI-IE, OKLAHOMA.

AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1915. SerialNo. 62,029.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. Srnousn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Comanche, in the county of Stephens and State of Oklahoma,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AutomobileAttachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in automobileattachments and the principal object of the invention is to provide adevice which is adapted to be used as a whistle to sound a warning ofthe approach of the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary cooling fanfor use in connection with motor vehicles to assist in the propercooling of the motor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which isarranged to be operated by the same belt that drives the usual coolingfan and which will use a very small amount of power in comparison tothat consumed by the ordinary fan.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a fragmentary view of a motor elevation showing thisimproved attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the attachment.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section therethrough, and

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the fan taken at right angles toFig. 4.

Referring to thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates the motor of theusual construction provided with the usual cooling fan 2. This fan 2 isdriven by a suitable belt 3, which passes over the pulley 4 carried bythe fan shaft and engages opposite sides of said pulley while the loopof the belt or the bight portion thereof passes over the pulley 5 of theauxiliary fan.

The auxiliary fan is designated generally by the numeral 6 and comprisesa circular casing 7 provided with the front and rear walls 8 and 9respectively and the wall 9 is provided with a central opening 10forming the intake opening of the blower or fan.

The wall 8 is provided with an apertured boss 11 formed with the annularball races 12 as clearly'sho-wn in Fig.v 5. An outlet opening 13 isformed in the periphery of the casing and connected thereto is theoutlet pipe l l which terminates at its upper end in a rearwardly turnedelbow 15.

A branch pipe 16 is formed on the pipe 15 and registers with an opening17 formed therein and it will thus be seen that when the valve 18 ismoved into the position shown in Fig. 5, the air blast from the fan willbe directed through the whistle opening 19, thereby sounding a signal.

In order to create a blast within the easing 6 there is provided the fandesignated generally by the numeral 20 consisting of a suitable hub 21provided with the radiating arms 22, the outer ends of which carry thefan blades 23. This hub is mounted on a suitable shaft or axle 24carrying the cones 25 which cooperate with the ball races in retainingthe bearing balls 26 and supporting the shaft 24. This shaft extendsthrough the hollow boss 11 and carries the pulley 5 so that uponoperation of the motor the fan will be driven.

The casing 6 is supported on a suitable frame designated generally bythe numeral 27 which consists of the looped portion 28 provided atopposite ends with the arms 29 which are provided with bolt holes 30 bymeans of which the device is attached to the frame of the vehicle. Theside bars of the frame are provided with apertures through which thepulley shaft extends and the easing 6 is supported on suitable arms 31which extend outwardly from the frame for that purpose.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a particularly simple andeificient signaling device as well as auxiliary air blast forming deviceis provided which will elfectively signal persons of the approach of avehicle when the valve 18' is operated by means of the crank 32 and rod33 which may be controlled from the drivers seat and when not in use theair will pass out through the elbow and be directed back against thecylinders of the motor, thereby assisting in the cooling thereof.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodi- Patented May 21, 1918.

ment of this invention, it is'to'be understood that such changes may bemade in the combination and arrangement of "parts "as will fall Withinthe spirit and "scope *of'the appended claim:

An automobile attachment including a casing, means for attaching thecasingto an internal combustion engine, a fan located Within the casing,a shaftha'ving-one end'eX- tending through one side Wall of the casingand connected to-the fan for supporting the latter, a pulley 'on theshaftya belt trained over said pulley for rotating the shaft and fan, anoutlet pipe connected to and com- 1 munioating with said casing, aWhistle con- Gopies of this trade-mark may be obtainedforrfivecentseach, by addressingwlie commissioner-of Patents,,-

nected to and extending laterally from the outlet pipe and communicatingtherewith, a

valvefpivotally secured to the inner end 0 t the wliistlepipe, and meansconnected to the valve whereby it may be operated to close theoi'itl'etpipe and permit the blast to operate .the whistle and by furtheroperation of the 'saidm'e'ans the Whistle Will beclosed and outlet pipeopened. a

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